City highlights 100 affordable units at the Iris and neighborhood housing push in San Ysidro

City officials on Monday marked the opening of 100 affordable homes at the Iris in San Ysidro and introduced the Neighborhood Homes for All program, a plan officials said will expand townhomes, row homes and flats in existing neighborhoods to help more San Diegans afford to stay in the communities where they were raised.

"Neighborhood homes for all of us is the next step in this process," a city official (speaker 1) said, saying the program aims to "produce homes San Diegans can afford, where they can build a life and build generational wealth." The presentation framed the program as targeted growth with projects selected for community benefits, including a senior‑serving project and one with on‑site daycare.

Officials also described a multiagency outreach and cleanup in a riverbed and Miramar area. Outreach that began months earlier, staff said, led to shelter placements and environmental cleanup: "I think something that's the larger celebration is that 59 are currently in permanent housing right now," one outreach speaker said, while another noted the removal of "78 tons of trash, over 1,300 pounds of hazardous and biohazard waste" from island areas.

City leaders said the Iris dedication would be paired with investments at Howard Lane Park so that existing residents would also see benefits from new housing nearby. Presenters framed the approach as emphasizing both new units and neighborhood quality‑of‑life improvements.

The housing remarks were part of the meeting's opening sequence and informational items; no formal council motion was required for the program introduction at Monday's meeting.